B - Operations – Transporting – 65 – G
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
65
G
186/50
B65G 1/00 (2006.01) B65G 1/04 (2006.01) B65G 1/137 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1242155
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Items such as components, assemblies, or fully assembled items of equipment (printers, computers, recorders, etc.) may be subjected to burn-in or other test procedures while in storage in a storage and retrieval system which utilizes rack type storage locations and a stacker-retriever vehicle (with shuttle table assembly) for placing item carriers at selected ones of the storage locations. The item carrier includes means to mount the item and to connect the item to power and control inputs; as well as a power and control input connector connectable to a power and control input connector located at each of a number of test locations within the rack storage area. The shuttle table assembly in one embodiment, following placement of the item carrier in the test storage location, is raised up to engage the face of the item carrier and to move the item carrier so as to mate the item carrier power and control input connector with the connector of the storage test location. When the shuttle table assembly is operated to retrieve the item carrier it is first inserted into contact with an item carrier disconnect device and operates same to move the item carrier so as to effect disconnection of the mating connectors. Thereafter the shuttle assembly is operated to retrieve the item carrier. In another embodiment the shuttle table assembly is formed with upturned lips; the first to move the item carrier deeper into the test storage location to mate the connectors, and the second to coact with the item carrier to effect disconnection of the connectors prior to retrieval of the item carrier. Remote and local computers and other controls are provided for the vehicle, the shuttle assembly and to provide power and control inputs and effect the test procedure for the item while in storage. In another alternate embodiment the power and input signal connectors take the form of transmission devices, that merely need to be positioned in proximity to each other and substantial alignment so that the signals from the test location transmission device can be received by the transmission device on the item carrier.
479919
Justice Timothy R.
Loomer Weston R.
Litton Systems Inc.
Macrae & Co.
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